Post #73008 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 10:07 PM

Wow! That shelf job is really lame, lets send that guy some mails to let him know how un-creative he is!

Regarding the fabric: Now I am not saying this to defend the art of the rip off, but in classic Polynesian Pop different Tiki establishments swiped Tiki art and ideas of each other a lot, case in point is the Don The Beachcomber menu copying the Covarrubias maps, only to have his Tahitian Cannibal Carvings swiped by Stephen Crane.

I bemusedly called this "The Chain of Transmission" (actually an esoteric trm from the Sufi tradition) of Polynesian Pop, and it continues to this day:

Because of the sparsely spread Tiki images in the last 20-30 years, the BOT has been "ripped off" many many times since it came out, case in point is the Tiki CD cover post in the main forum (Polle del Mar had the Moai mosaic out BEFORE my book, though!).
But I did not CREATE the art myself, and to me it all increases Tiki consciousness out there, so I support it. (Sometimes a credit would be nice though)

Acoutrements swiped Bosko designs for their coasters, Bahooka stole Mark Ryden's art...

And back in it's heyday, even Witco (again, Keigs, not to defend that Tiki Zone copy, blah!) was copied:
All the stuff in the Alibi in Portland is NOT Witco, but a good copy of the style. I still will show it in my book, because it shows how influential William Westenhaver's style was!

Imitation IS a form a flattery. It better be GOOD imitation though...